civil society
Switzerland has a high foreign population but a restrictive admission policy for non-European nationals, leading to a multi-speed system where some have more opportunities than others. During the participatory theater event “Welcome to Heimatland!” participants got to play the role of migrants arriving in a fictional country and trying to
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments struggled to respond quickly and efficiently to a changing epidemiological context. To handle crises better, key populations, such as migrants, should be involved in the prevention and intervention strategies. Research on vaccine rollouts in Ethiopia, Tunisia, and South Africa found that civil society groups were
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Une femme d’affaire qui fait voler une nappe à carreau en plein centre de Grenoble, c’est une scène que l’on pourrait qualifier de drôle, de transgressive ou d’incompréhensible. Une chose fera l’unanimité : ce geste est inattendu. Comment les corps révèlent la ville que nous fabriquons ? Comment la danse,
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It has been a year since the humanitarian crisis began on the Polish-Belarussian border, where a group of Afghan refugees was trapped. After spending several days there, the refugees were pushed back to the Belarusian side by the Polish border guards. Since then, numerous reports of violence towards refugees, but
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Since 2015, the study of refugee inclusion has become a booming business. However, research and policies are still quite disconnected from refugees’ lives. Reflective infrastructures can help refugees, other societal actors, and researchers collaborate on knowledge co-creation projects that address refugees’ and migrants’ real-life challenges and question taken-for-granted assumptions. Spaces
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